Sisworo Gautama Putra directed Jaka Sembung, which I positively reviewed, and continued to make insane Indonesian movies. “The Hungry Snake Woman” is no exception. The movie opens just tossing the audience into the action. A gang of almost naked women is chased by a man with a black powder rifle. The women lure him into a cave and disappear. Then a woman (the snake queen) appears in a flash of light saying that he has disturbed her. She suddenly starts melting, revealing a giant snake inside. After the opening credits, the movie suddenly leaps ahead to modern times, where a shirtless man is trying to force his girlfriend into sex. When she says “no”, he stabs her in the hand with a screwdriver. He flees into the jungle where he encounters a half-snake/half-woman (a different woman from the snake queen).

Cutting to a different group of characters, a woman is walking home and then Dracula appears. This Dracula sucks blood and then eats the breasts of his victims. Dracula is about to claim another victim when a random martial artist wanders by and battles him, forcing Dracula to flee. For the rest of the movie, I kept expecting Dracula to show back up, but unless I missed something, he does not. It is a very random encounter just to introduce our martial artist hero.

The half snake woman hates the snake queen and recruits the would-be rapist to help defeat her. He is supposed to stab the queen with a pin that will transform her back into a snake while they are having sex. He betrays the snake queen and is rewarded with unimaginable wealth. The movie shifts gears and tone with the newly rich servant of the snake woman going back to the city and acting like a mob boss. Then supernatural elements are reintroduced. A snake bursts out of a man’s chest. Demonic hands erupt from a couch attempting to grab a woman in a scene that feels like it came out of “Ghostbusters” but segues into an erotic dance.

Eventually, the martial artist that drove away Dracula accidentally frees the snake queen. Followed by an extended seduction between the martial artist and the snake queen. His friends go to a psychic to try and save him, but the psychic is a fraud. The snake queen confronts the charlatan and transforms him into a turkey. The monster’s gang kidnaps his ex-girlfriend and captures the martial artist. The snake queen owes him for freeing her. So, she comes to free him resulting in a massive shootout. Finally, the snake queen and the half-snake woman battle and i swear I thought I saw one of them firing smoke from her breasts. After that battle is settled, the gangster and the martial artist battle hand-to-hand.

All of that happens in a tight 83 minutes. The movie is never boring. The picture quality is solid, a digitally restored 2k transfer from film negatives. The audio language options are English and Indonesian with the option of English or Indonesian subtitles. The case features wicked looking original art for the release. Outside of that, there are no other special features, which I was disappointed in. Usually, there are a lot of supplemental materials beyond the movie to explore. However, this film was entertaining enough to recommend without the need for a bunch of extras. Two thumbs up for a wild, comical, action-packed ride.